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| Letourneur, Yves; Chabanet, Pascale; Durville, Patrick; Taquet, Marc; Teissier, Emmanuel; Parmentier, Maurice; Quero, Jean-claude; Pothin, Karine. |
| The ichthyofauna of Reunion Island, Southwestern Indian Ocean, was sampled during several ecological and artisanal fisheries studies. Information from these investigations and from other sources were included to compile the present checklist of the marine fishes of the island. A total of 885 species belonging to 150 families was recorded. Nine species are known only from Reunion, indicating endemism of about 1.0%. The most speciose families (Labridae, Gobiidae, Serranidae, and Pomacentridae) were also among the most speciose at the neighbouring Mauritius Island (except gobiids), and, generally, on other islands in the Indian Ocean area (Maldives, Chagos, Madagascar and Christmas Island). The Gobiidae only represented 5.4% of the ichthyofauna, which was... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Biogeography; Checklist; Reunion Island; ISW; Marine ichthyofauna. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2004/publication-713.pdf |
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